When two heads are better than one: Interactive versus independent benefits of collaborative cognition

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1076-1082

  Brennan, Allison A ^a   Enns, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative cognition; Cooperation; Joint attention; Race model inequality; Social coordination; Visual enumeration

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938987348     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0765-4     Document Type: Article

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